According to Time magazine, the following are the most dangerous jobs in America:

Many newspaper editorials serve as starting blocks that can reveal readers’ strong opinions on both sides of an issue.

The new year of 2020 seems to be a time for counting people.

On Dec. 21, it was announced that President Donald Trump was rolling back 95 environmental rules.

Most politicians will tell you that their primary focus is to listen to constituents’ concerns and try and improve the things that affect them most. However, whether they actually mean that is up for debate.

In a follow-up, 8-minute prepared speech, President Donald Trump, Wednesday morning, made a televised presentation to the world, with this lead pronouncement: “As long as I am president of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.”

Rounding out his first year in the state’s top post, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s friends and foes are now grading him.

With the dawning of a new year and decade, freelance writers and independent journalists find themselves in a precarious situation because of Assembly Bill 5, which took effect on Jan. 1.

Snow turns adults back into happy children.

It used to be that when a reporter obtained court documents, they could pretty much guarantee they’d find a decent amount of information on a particular case, however, times seem to be changing.

Now check this out: Slow wage growth has been braking bad, but the math shows that salaries at all levels and, particularly for workers at the bottom, are now rising nationwide.

You may have already noticed a few changes to your Valley Press this morning, particularly in the way it looks.

The highly publicized Trump wall has fallen short — with only 93 miles completed — but the president is still pressing to build 500 miles of a new barrier in 2020.

Speaking to the Russian Defense Ministry’s annual Board meeting at the National Defense Center in Moscow on Dec. 24, President Vladimir Putin praised Russia for having developed an entirely new class of weapons.

It’s a new year — 2020 is here, can you believe it? Hopefully you all made Santa’s “nice” list last year and got what you asked for.

As we hail the New Year of 2020, we join with the Wall Street Journal in its pursuit of a reset among the American people, who have been ruined and depressed by the streaming negativity all around us.

A new year will dawn tomorrow, Jan. 1, but society still has the same problems — specifically people who think it’s OK to hurt others.

American military cyber officials are forming tactics that may single out senior Russian officials and oligarchs if Moscow tries to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections.

This holiday season has been a strange one for weather in the Antelope Valley.

Discussions about incarceration dilemmas are back in the Los Angeles County spotlight.

On Monday, congressional leaders announced that their government-wide spending bill for fiscal year 2020 will include $425 million for states to protect U.S. elections against foreign interference and cyber attacks.

Low- and very low-income people of the Antelope Valley may soon have access to affordable housing, after a vote by the Palmdale Planning Commission on Dec. 12.

Today is Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2019.

It’s Christmas Eve and that means the big day is tomorrow. Little girls and boys will pen notes and leave cookies and milk out for ‘ol St. Nick tonight, in anticipation of his arrival, which hopefully means they will find gifts under the Christmas tree from that jolly ‘ol elf.

Presidential debates often tend to reduce in size. The Thursday night talkfest had a line-up of just seven participants, much smaller than previous outings.

The front page of Friday’s Antelope Valley Press was dominated by news from area schools. Too bad it wasn’t good news.

Matt Murray, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, wrote the introduction to an 18-page special section in the Wednesday edition. It’s devoted to the 2010-2020 decade.

Reality felt like fiction Wednesday night when television screens around the world showed that President Donald J. Trump had been impeached on charges that he had abused his office and obstructed Congress.

On Sunday, the United Nations Climate Change Summit came to an end two days after its scheduled closing, with virtually nothing to show the world that it has been called on to protect.

We hate to say we told you so, but ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $738 billion Bill that would provide for the creation of the Space Force championed by President Trump, plus paid parental leave for more than two million federal workers.

It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride in Washington this week, with the Democrats and Republicans bickering back-and-forth, as usual — this time over whether to impeach Donald Trump.

There are 7.6 billion humans living on our planet. Who could make a measurable change in the lives of many of them?

On Tuesday, many of the newscasters were using “historic” when introducing the news of the day.

The United States of America in November added 266,000 jobs and the jobless rate fell again to 3.5%.

News of Caroll Spinney’s death quickly circulated in newspapers, TV news and on social media. But some didn’t immediately recognize the name. Spinney, you see, was better known as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. It’s a gig he held for several decades — nearly 50 years, in fact.

A bit of good news was reported in the Friday edition of the Antelope Valley Press.

Many Americans dozed off during the week, in front of their television sets, and woke up to find a double feature playing in Washington D.C. and Watford, England.

The 2020 presidential campaign is stuffed with an enormity of clichés including, “Congress members can walk and chew gum at the same time,” “at the end of the day,” “both sides of the aisle,” “the only poll that counts is on Election Day,” “It all comes down to turnout,” “premise of your que…

It’s Dec. 5 and holiday festivities are cropping up around the Valley, to get everyone in the holiday spirit.

Thanks to the marvelous storing capacities available in 21st century computer systems, it’s possible to quickly find alphabetized editorials and other data in digital files.

Traversing any freeway in Southern California takes planning and patience. Leaving early to be somewhere at a certain time is a must and being patient while you sit in traffic is another must.

On Jan. 14, 2009, the Antelope Valley Press published information about scientists working to learn how to read human minds. Our feature reported that “The story was on ‘60 Minutes.’ ”

“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas ...” Let’s back up just a bit. Black Friday was a couple days ago, yet snow fell in the Antelope Valley on Thursday, so Christmas is a little over three weeks away. Someone better tell Mother Nature that she’s ahead of schedule. Actually, someone better tel…

During November, there were comments from President Donald Trump and his followers that the Ukraine was involved in hacking America’s 2016 election.

Turkey, football, family and friends is what Thanksgiving is all about for most Americans.

From the get-go, America has been the planet’s leader, serving as a high-volume birthplace of enormously wonderful innovations.